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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:56:08 -0800, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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>In areas where major chemical control is practiced, the majority of mites
>that pass on their genes are those that cause a colony to collapse.
>Beekeepers there are inadvertently selecting for mites that cause colony
>collapse, since that would be the most mathematically efficient way to
pass
>on their genes.
Randy, I think you are completely in tune with the scientific zeitgeist
with your thinking. It makes sense to me. I remember the first
theoretical papers outlining these ideas for honey bee diseases was about
5-8 years ago. I am aware of some research groups that are beginning to
develop experiments to test these theories out. I expect there many of
these will yield results over the next decade. It should be interesting,
particularily if this work gives us some practical guidelines for managing
diseases and mites.
Along this same line, about ten years ago there was a considerable
interest to the connected field of Darwinian medicine... I wonder what
ever came of this. These ideas were popularised in a book "Why We Get
Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine". Now that sometime has
passed I wonder how the theory is holding up.
Adony
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